Too Many Voices Screaming in my Ears

Wherever I turn, everyone seems to be telling me what to do. There are just too many voices swirling around in my two ears. Unfortunately, these voices never seem to agree. There’s got to be a better option. I need to hear God’s voice regarding my life.

When we listen for God’s voice, we have the option of following him. But when we fill our hearing with lots of noise, our ears are too full and filter out the voice of God. To hear God’s voice more effectively, I believe there are three things we must do.
First, increase our exposure to God’s voice. Make reading and meditation of God’s Word a regular practice for everyone in the home including the smallest children. If they do not read yet, read the Bible to them. When they are just learning to read, have them read the first verse of the chapter, and you read the rest of the chapter to them.
Fill your home with music that exalts God and his ways. Set the tone in the home with music and praise to our God. Be jealous for God and don’t allow other voices to have more importance.
Second, develop a mindset of obedience. Make it firm in your mind that you are a man of God, that you are a woman of God. Once that identity is firmly set in your mind, you will be more apt to have a mind of obedience. Sure we have our freedom and independence as human beings. But we choose to obey because God is our everything.
Third, be intentional about obedience. One step toward this is to begin a simple process of daily writing down something that impacted you during your daily reading of the Bible. Write down even a sentence that you feel God has spoken to you. In the midst of your struggles, it may be something related to what you are facing. Just the process of recording your interaction with the word of God will greatly impact your thinking. Write that down on a small card and keep it in your pocket so you can look at it throughout the day. Put in in your phone as a constant reminder.
Once you begin doing these things on a regular basis, God will begin to impact your thinking, your behavior, and your responses. The environment in your home will begin to shift focus.
The people of God were struggling to build the temple. It was left unfinished for a long time. But God wanted them to listen to His voice. He said if they would listen for His voice, He will bring people to help them build. But the key was listening and obeying God’s voice.
Listen for the voice of the Lord. He will bring you help to move forward. (Zech 6:15)
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